Match-splint-parallelizing machine.



L1G. SJO'STRUM. MATCH SPLINT PAEALLBLIZING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1909.

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J. G. SJUSTRUM. MATCH SPLINT PARALLELIZlNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5,1909.

Patented JanQ16, 1912' witnessed I J. G. SJUSTROM. MATCH SPLINTPARALLELI ZING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1909.

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J. G. sJb'sTRUM. MATCH SPLINT PARALLELIZING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5 1909,

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J. G.' S JUSTRUM. MATCH SPLINTP ARALLELIZIN G MACHINE.

APPLICATION PILEDNOV'. 5, 1 909.

' Patented Jan. 16, 1912.-

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1 909.

Patented Jan. 16,1912.

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APPLIGATION FILED n0v.5,199 9. v I 3 Patented Jan. 16, 1912.

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wzinesa es ing the dipping frames,

In the drawings, Figures 1-3 show onematch splints to the latter.

show a second embodnnent of the machine JOHN GOTTHARD saos'rnoivr,orJoNKoPING, swnnnn,

MATCH-SPLINT-PARALLELIZING' MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern.

Be itknown that I, JOHN GoTTHARn SatisTRoM, a subject of the King ofSweden, residing at- J onkoping, in the Kingdom of Sweden, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Match Splint- Parallehzing Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to thedrawings accompanying and forming a' part hereof.

This invention relates to machines for assembling match splints intoplles, in which the splints will all lie in one and the same direction.In the machine's of this kind hitherto known the match splints will belying, after the raising or removal of the cell-box, in small piles onthe machine table. From the table the splintsmust be placed by hand intothe cells or trays in which the same are held until they are to befilled into the magazine of the machine for placing the splints in thedipping -frames.

The object of the'invention is to avoid the delay and expense of fillingof the cells by hand and provide a machine which parallelizes thesplints in certain removable cells in which the splints are held inorder to be thereupon inserted intothe machine for fillembodiment of themachine in side elevation, front view and plan view, respectively. Figs.4 and 5 are end-view and side-view, respectively, of the trays adaptedto be insorted into the machine for receiving and holding the parallellyarranged match splints. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the mechanism forautomatically lowering the movable bottoms of the trays. Fig. 7 is aplan view of a feed device appertaining to the said mechanism. Fig. 8 isan end-view, from the lefthand side of Fig. 6, of the head of thecam-actuated lever 40 appertaining to the same mechanism. Fig. 9 is afront view of the said mechanism for automatically lowering the movablebottoms of the trays. Fig. 10 is a rear view of the machine showing themechanism for throwing same out of operation when a set of trays hasbeen filled. Fig. 11 is a side view of the same mechanism. Figs. 12 and13 aretront view and side view, respectively, of a hopper placed abovethe cell-box for supplying F igs. 14-16 in side elevation, front viewandplan view,

respectively. Figs. 17-19 are end-view, side Specification of LettersPatent.

view and plan view, respectively, of a modiabove the filled trays to beexchanged in order to prevent the overlying match splints from dropping.

l is a magazine or cell-box to which the match splints are su plied byhand or from #3. suitable hopper see Figs. 12 and 13). The magazineoricell-box consists of a suitably square frame which is reciprocated adirection parallel to the longitudinal direction (it thematch splintsafter parallelizing. The-lower partof the frame is divided bylongitudinal and transverse laths 2, 3 (Figs. 1 and 3) into a number ofcompartments or cells. \Vhen the frame is agitated, the splints willplace themselves parallel. The transverse laths 2 grip about the upperpart of the underlying movable partition walls 4:. These partition wallsare standing with their edge-shaped lower parts in grooves at the upperside of other transverse laths 5 attached with their ends to the machineframe 6. Placed immediately below the said laths 5 are the trays 7(Figs. 4 and 5), the longitudinal sides 8 of said trays lying justbeneath the laths 5.

In the embodiment shown the trays are placed in two rows on a..carriage10 running on rollers 9. Thereby the advantage is gained that the onefilled row may be withdrawn and exchanged while the other is beingfilled, by which the output of the machine is considerably increased. Inorder to cause the trays to be automatically filled, the trays may beprovided with loose bottoms or disks 11 which may be raised by thestandards 12 up to the upper edges of the trays just below the laths 5and thereupon automatically lowered.

The raising and lowering of tln bot-toms is performed in the followingmanner: The standards'12 carrying the bottoms are attached to a frame13common to each separate series of trays, so that each series willobtain a separate raising and lowering device. The raising and loweringof the frame is performed by strings or cords lgt Patented Jan. 16,1912.Application filed November 5, 1909. Serial No. 526,461.

of a set of knives adapted to be inserted just Referring to Figs. '113of the drawings,

horizontally, for instance-by an eccentric, in

axles or shafts are driven by cog-wheels'18 1e and,19 or 20 and 21,respectively, from the axles 22 and 23. The raising of the bottoms 11 isperformed by hand by turningthe cranks 24 and 25 attached to the saidaxles. For automatically lowering the bottoms,

' double arms 26, 27 having axially movable ratchet pawls 26' areattached to the axles 22, 23, said ratchet pawls being pressed by springs 26 against the ratchet wheels 28,

,' 29. These ratchegwheels are firmly connected to the Worm wlFls'30an'd31 and run with the same loosely on the shafts 22, 23.

Engagingthe worm wheels are worms 32,

33 (Fig. 6) driven by ratchet wheels 34, 35,

pawls 36, 37 and arms .38, 391 .The'arms 38, 39 are actuated by theangle lever 40 (Figs. 1 and 6) bearing withja' roller 41 on a cam 42 ofthe driving shaft .43 of the machine. The arms 38, 39 and theangle lever40 are spring-operated so as't'o becaused to oscillate. Connected-to thearms 38 and 39 are the springs 44 and 45, the angle lever being actuatedby a spring 46.

When the machine works, the angle lever 40 turns under the action of thecam 42 and 3 the spring 46 about the pin 192. The fore part 193 of'thelever 40 thereby acts on a shoulder 194 projecting from the arm,

whereby the ratchet pawl 36 attached to the arm 38 turns the ratchetwheel 34 and there 40 by also the worm 32 attached to the same axle 105and gearing with the worm wheel 30. The total weight of the matcheslying f" on the bottoms 11 as well as that of the standards 12 and theframe 13 is transmitted through the cords 14 and the pulleys 15 to theaxles 16 and 17 which are thereby turned, and from the said axles themovement is transmitted th ough the cog-wheels 18, 19 and 20, 21 to tl eaxles 22 and 23 and the double arms 26, 27 attached thereto. By theratchet pawls 26 the turning movement is transmitted to the ratchetwheels 28 and 29 and the worm wheels 30, 31, respectively, engaging theworms 32, 33, respectively.

WVhenv the worms are turned in a direction for lowering the bottoms, thelatter by gravity partake in the movement. WVhen the frame ltlrarryingthe standards has finally arrived onto its base, the turning action on69 the axles 22. 23 ceases so that the ratchet pauls 20 ot' the doublearms 26, 27 will simply glide on the teeth of the ratchet wheels 28, 29.'hen the bottoms are raisedby hand. the pau'ls likewise gl'idc mer the Iteeth, since the axles 16,17 and 22, 23 and the parts connected theretothereby move i in opposite directions. The ratchet wheels 28, 29 areprovided with an odd number of teeth so that by using two diametricallyopposite ratchet pawls the bottoms may be accurately adjusted in theirupper positions before lowerin without too great a number of teeth belngiequired.

When the loose bottoms 11 have been moved into their lowermost positionsand the trays are thus entirely filled, the carriage 10 is moved forplacing a new series of trays below the movable partition walls. Thismoyement of the carriage is performed in the following manner. Placed ateach side of the carriage 10 is a rack 1'00, 101, respectively, engagedby, a cog-wheel 102, 103, respectively. These cog-Wheels are attached toa' common axle 104 journaled in the frame below the-carriage. Forobtaining. a

suitable ratio of translation the axle 104 is driven by cog-wheels 106and 107 from another axle 105 laced above the former. 4

The axle 105 is riven from the crank 111 by the sprocket wheel 108, thechain 109 and the sprocket wheel 110. By turning the crank 111 in one orthe other direction the carriagelO is moved correspondingly, and t bythe said movement the iles of matches lying in the trays are cut 0 alongthe edge or 96, respectively (depending on the direction of movement ofthe carriage) of the-part of the machine frame lying above the trays.According as the filled trays ,are carried elf, the matches lyingbetween the movable partition walls will be supported on the raisedbottoms of the empty trays.

For locking the carriage in predetermined working positions a pawl 113is mounted on a pin 112 in the machine. This pawl is adapted to dropinto recesses 98, 99 in the rack 100. These recesses are so placedrela-.

'tively to the two series of trays in the carriage that they are justopposite the pawl 113 when the corresponding series of trays is inposition to be filled. When the carriage is to be moved, the pawl isretracted from the recess by pulling a cord 97 or the like attached tothe fore end of the pawl.

Another device fonlorking the carriage in position is shown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings. Pivotallymounted in the machine frame-are two arms 49connected to each other by a rod 48. The arms are provided with notchesadapted to engage pins 50 in the machine frame. The, positions of thesaid pins are such as to cause the trays to take up the proper positionsfor filling, '1". 6. just below the laths 5.

'When the series of trays below the mavided with an automatic stoppingdevice shown in Figs. and 11. This stopping device acts in such a manneras to shift the driving belt from the fixed pulley 114: to the idlepulley 113 as soon'as the loose bottoms of the trays have been loweredinto their lowermost positions. The belt is caused to run on the desiredpulley by a common belt shifter 115 which is actuated by a spiral spring116 in a direction ,toward the. idler 113. lVhen the machine is to bestarted, the belt shifter is moved toward the fixed pulley until theshoulder 117 has passed the retaining pawl 118 mounted on a pin 120,said pawl being actuated by a spiral spring 119 tending to pull thepoint of the pawl toward the belt shifter 115. Extending from the pawl118 is a tail-piece 121 actuated from above by a rod 122 bent at bothends, said rod being guided by clamps 123, 124 attached to the frame.

' 122 is movable up and down in its longituthe tail-piece 121.

dinal direction and acts with its weight on The lower part of the rod122 is actuated in a certain position by two other rods 125, 126attached to the shiftable carriage 10, said rods acting in movingdownward with their upper bent parts on the rod 122. The lower bent endsof the rods 125 and 126 are operated byshoulders 133 and 134011 theframes 13 carrying the standards 12. When one of the frames 13 with thestandards 12 and the loose bottoms 11 resting thereon is lowered bythedevice hereinbefore described, the-' shoulders 133 or 134v carried bythe said frame will press thr rod 125 or 126, respectively, downuardwhen the bottoms are at a short distance from their lowcrmost' .to themachine the follmvingdevices may be provlded.

Placed above the horizoin tally reeiprocable magazine 1 is a stationaryhopper 150 (Figs. 12 and 13). In the drawing it is shown supported byfour standards 151. attached by screws to the machine frame 6 butobviously it may be supported otherwise. for instance from tliet-e'ilingof the machine house. In the liottoi'n of the hopperis an opening of asuitable size said opening being kept partially closedby a gate 153movable about an axle 152. Extending from the gate 153 is an arm 154.

this means the gates 156 may be turned on The rod The pawl 118 ismounted in' connected by a link to the magazine 1 so as to partake inthe movementof the latter. lVhen the magazine 1 is reciprocated, thelink 155 is also reciprocaterl, and through the arm 151 the movement istransformed into a swinging movement of the gate 153. If desired, thelink 155 may be attached to v the eccentric from which the magazine is'driven or it may be driven directly from the axle by means of a separateeccentric or otherwise. Placed at each side of the gate 153 are twoother gates 156 adapted to swing on hinges 157. Pr'ojecting from thesaid gates are arms 158 and extending from the said arms are strings 159or the like attached to the axle 152. The gates 156 are adjustable inposition by these strings which may be wound on the axle 152 or unwoundtherefrom by turning the same. By

the hinges 157 and the opening in the bottom between the gate 153 andthe gates 156 may be increased or decreased by which the quantity ofmatch splints supplied from the hopper into the magazine may beregulated. In order that the axle 152 shall not turn under the pullingaction of the strings it is pro vided with a brake wheel 160. Bearing onthe said brake wheel is a brake spring 161 attached to one side of thehopper. The turning of the axle 152 is performed by hand by'means of thecranks 162.

The swinging movement of the gate 153' may be regulated by the point ofattachment of the link 155 to the arm 154 being adjust- 100 able at alonger or shorter distance from the turning point 152.

The. supplying of splint-s to the hopper may-be performed by hand or byan elevator or the like.

Instead of placing the trays in a separate -ear'riage they may bemounted, if desired,

in the machine frame proper. The device for raising and'lowering thebottoms may be the same as that hereinbefore described but it must beplaced in the machine frame instead of in the carriage. The receiver 1of the machine may also be wide enough to be able to fill two or morerows of trays at a time, the carriage having in each case twice thatnumber of rows of trays.

Figs. 1116 show a modification of the machine. In order to avoid themovable partition walls one or more rows of trays 51 (in the drawing onerow only) are placed. in a frame adapted to reciprocate hori zontally.Placed in the said frame is the hereinbefore described device forraising and lowering the bottoms 53 of the trays.

The magazine 54 for taking up the match splints may be substantiallylike that hereinhefore described with the difference that it is mountedso as to be adapted to ,be raised and lowered. The raising and lower--ing of the magazine is performed 'by turn -.130

ing the axles 55 by means of the crank 56 whereby cords 57 or the likeattached to the edges of the magazine are wound around the pulleys 58 orunwound therefrom. For 5 guiding the magazine the bearings 59' for theaxles 55 are provided with suitable project-ions. The standards 61 forraising the movable bottoms 53 are attached to rods 62 bent at rightangles, said rods being movable by the raising and lowering devicehereinbefore described but not illustrated in Figs. 14-16. The frame 52is carried by Four standards 63 resting with their lower ends insuitable bearings on the machine frame (ll. 15 In this machine only sucha quantity of match splints may be filled into the magazine as may bereceived in parallel positions in the trays. Then the trays have beenfilled, the machine must be stopped, whereupon the magazine 54 is raisedand the filled trays are removed and exchanged by cn'ipty ones.

Instead of being provided with loose bottoms the trays may be built asshown im 5 Figs. 1719.' In the fixed bottoms of the trays are slots65-leaving at the middle :1 bridge for supporting those match splintshaving proper positions. The match splints dropping on end from themagazine 5i, into 0 the trays fall through the slots and throughcorresponding openings in the bottom of the frame 52. In this manner thetrays may be filled withoutthe provision of loose bottoms adapted to beraised to the upper edge of the tray. In this case, however,thelongitudinal laths 66 of the magazine'must be provided with tonguesprojecting into the trays so that the trays and tongues will. form deepcompartments or cells. l/Vhen the trays have been filled, the magazineand the trays are raised, the trays are removed and exchanged. I11 sucha machine the loose bottoms and, on account thereof, all the devices forraising and lowering same are dispensed with. Suitably a loose bottommay be placed under the machine for collecting the thmugh-t'alling matchsplints. The match splints collected by the said bottom are thereuponagain brought into themagazine 54;.

In the constructional form shown'in Figs.

1 to 13, the devices for raising and lowering the bottoms are placed onthe carriage, hereinbcforc described. The machine needs however only onedevice of the said kind. it the same is placed in the machine 'l'rame,whereby one set of trays may be filled while another set. just 'lilledis being exchanged by an empty one. In this case the carriage may bearranged as shown in Figs. l0 and 11. On the carriage (37 the trays USare placed in two or more rows. The carriage runs on rollers (if)journalm'l in the machine frame in such positions that the. trays will 5take up the same positions as before. This to the lougit.

embodiment has however the drawback that the loose bottoms can not beraised until the carriage has been plac'ed in position'by which sometime is lost. However, inasmuch as only one device for raising andlowering the bottoms is required the machine will at the same time besimpler and cheaper. 1

When a set of trays has been, filled and is to be exchanged, a set ofknives 47 (Fi 22 and 23) is inserted by hand just above t e travs.

To this end the said knives areinserted into grooves in the laths 5.'These.* knives prevent the splints lying in the cell? combination of areciprocable cell-box eomprisingvertical rectangular cells-open at theirtops and bottoms and adapted to be continuously kept filled with matchsplints lying parallel therein, means for reciprocating the said boxhorizontally in the direction of the walls of the cells corresponding tothe longitudinal direction of the match splints, trays removably placedin-the machine below the said box, splint-carrying bottoms movable inthe said trays, and means for raising and automatically lowering thesaid bottoms. v

2. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of a reeiprocablecell-box, means for reciprocating the said box, trays removably placedin the machine below the said box, and partition walls swing-ably placedbetweenthe celL-box and the trays. and partaking with their upper endsin the movement of the cell-box.

3. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of a rcciprocablecell-box, means for reciprocating the said box, trays 'removably placedin the machine below the said box. a frame movable vertically below thesaid trays, means for raising and automatically lowering the said frame,standards projecting from the said frame into the lra \s. and bottomscarried by the said stand ards.

4. In a machinoof the kind described the combination of a reciprocablecell-box colnlviu mrallel therein. means for reci )rocating the said boxhorizontally in the. directtion of the walls of thccells corresponding.linal direction of the match x, partition walls J swingably placedbetween the cell-box and the trays, splint-carrying bottoms 'movable 1nthe said trays, and means for raising and automatically lowering thesaid bottoms.

5. In a machine of the kind described the 1 combination of areciprocable cell-box com- I tion of the walls prising Verticalrectangular cells open at their tops and bottoms and adapted to becontinuously kept filled with match splints lying parallel therein,means for reciprocating the said box horizontally in the direction ofthe'walls of the cells corresponding to the longitudinal direction ofthe match splints, trays removably placed in the machine below t-hesaidbox, partition walls swingab l'yv placed between the cell-box andthe-trays, aframe movable vertically below the said trays, means forraising. and automatically lowering the said frame,- standardsprojecting from the said frame into the trays,

and bottoms carried by'the said standards.

6. In a machine of the kind described thecombination of a reciprocablecell-box comprising vertical rectangular cells 'open at their tops a-n'dbottoms and adapted to" be continuously kept filled lying paralleltherein, means for'reciprocat-. mg the said box horizontally in thedirecof the cells corresponding to the longitudinal direction of thematch splints, a carriageadapted to be placed in different positionsbelow the said box, trays carried by the said carriage in positionsallowing difi'erent sets of trays to be placed in splint-receivingpositions below the said cell-box, bottoms movable in the said trays,and means for raising and automatically lowering the said bottoms.

7. In a machine of the kind described. the combination of a reciprocablecell box, means for reciprocating the said box, a carriage adapted to'beplaced in different posisaid carriage in positions allowing differentsets of trays to .be placed in SPllDlZ-I'G-(JGlVll'Ig positions belowthe said cell-box, frames movable verticallyin the said carriage belowthe said trays, .ineans for independently raising and automaticallylowering the said fr: mes, standards projecting from the said with matchsplints frames into the trays, and bottoms carried hopper placed abovethe said cell-box, ad-

justable means for automatically feeding match splints from the hopperinto the cellbox, means for reciprocating the said box, and traysremovably placed in the machine below the said box for holding theparallelly arran ed match splints.

10. In a machine of the kind described the combination of a reciprocablecell-box, means for reciprocating the said box, trays removably placedin the machine below the said box for holding the parallelly arrangedmatch splints, stopping the machine when the trays have been filled.

11. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of areciprocable cell-box, means for reciprocating the said box, traysremovably placed in the machine below the said box, splint-carryingbottoms movable in the said trays, means for raising and automaticallylowering the said bottoms, and means for automatically stopping themachine when the said bottoms arrive in their lowermost positions.

12. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of areciprocable cell-box comprising vertical rectangular cells open attheir tops and'bottoms and adapted to be continuously kept filled withmatch splints lying parallel therein, means for reciprocating the saidbox horizontally in the. direction .of the walls of the cellscorresponding to the longitudinal direction of the match splints, traysopen at one of the sides disclosing the ends of the splints, said traysbeing placed independently and "removably, adjacent to the other, belowthe said box, splint-carrying bottoms movable vertically in the saidtrays, and means for automatically lowering the said bottoms,

and means for automaticallyv 13. In a machine of the kind described,

the combination of a reciprocable cell-box con'iprising "verticalrectangular cells open.

at their tops and bottoms and adapted to be continuously kept filledwith match splints,

lying parallel therein, means for reciprocat mg the said boxhorizontally in the direction.

of the walls of the cells correspomling to the longitudinal direction ofthel'natch splints, a carriage adapted to be placed in diti'crentpositions below the said box, traysopcn at one of the sidesdisclosingthe ends 0 ,he splints, said trays being placed independentlyand relnovably in the said carriage in positions allowing different setsof trays to be placed in splint-receiving positions below the saidcell-box, splint-carrying bottoms movable vertically in the said trays,and means for automatically lowering the said bottoms.

14. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of areciprocable cell-box comprising vertical rectangular cellsopen at theirtops and bottoms and adapted to be continuously kept filled with matchsplints'lying parallel therein, means for re ciprocating the said boxhorizontally in the direction of the walls of the cells corresponding tothe longitudinal direction of the match splints, a carriage adapted tobe placed in difierent positions below the said box, trays open at oneof thesides disclosing the ends or the splints, said trays being placedindependentlyand removably inthe. 1

said carriage in posltlons allowing different 15 setsof trays to beplaced in splint-receiving 1;

movable vertically in the said trays, and 20 means for automaticallylowering the said bottoms.- J. 4

"' JOHN GOTTHARD SJOSPROM. Witnesses l AUG. Semis SEN, KARL RUNcsKoe.

